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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Yaakov Smith <Yaakov.Smith@wisetechglobal.com>,
	 "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: \b character escapes in CLI usage
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 07:59:54 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqcyf4g0hx.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250226073822.GA21138@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:38:22 -0500")

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I wonder if we should consider adding "U" to the default $LESS variable
> we set.

Thanks for analyzing the "less" issue.

We should be OK if we lost the overstrike from the pager we directly
spawn and write into.  I think it is a good thing to consider,
especially because "the default $LESS variable we set" should not
affect the pager indirectly triggered by us spawning "man".

Thanks.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-02-26 15:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-25 23:44 \b character escapes in CLI usage Yaakov Smith
2025-02-26  7:38 ` Jeff King
2025-02-26  8:09   ` Jeff King
2025-02-26 16:02     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-02-26 16:38     ` Kyle Lippincott
2025-02-26 22:06       ` Jeff King
2025-02-26 15:59   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-02-26 23:36   ` brian m. carlson
2025-02-26 23:55     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-02-27  0:03     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-02-27 14:06       ` General output formatting (was: Re: \b character escapes in CLI usage) Marc Branchaud
2025-02-27 17:06         ` General output formatting Junio C Hamano
2025-02-27 17:14           ` Marc Branchaud
2025-02-27 18:40             ` Junio C Hamano
2025-02-27 16:26     ` \b character escapes in CLI usage Phillip Wood

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